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Series 13A: Miscellaneous Hull-House Material

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access Note

All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes. Note that folder titles for boxes 8-15 of Series 3 are missing from the finding aid. See the paper version of the html checklist in the Peace Collection for the listing.

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Copies

See microfilm reels:

  1. 113:27 for will/probate/guardian papers of Frederick Greeley [?]; receipt (May 1896); and calling and gift cards (1889-1935)
  2. 113:28 for telephone transcripts/messages; credentials (1889-1935); and miscellaneous notes
  3. 113:37 for material on Grace Abbott (1917, 1923, 1934); Helen Boyle (1905, 1909); and Herbert Burrows (1895)
  4. 113:38 for material on poor law reform, England (1911); public playgrounds, Chicago (1907); women in industry (1910-1913); workers' education (1921); workmen's compensation (1911); Lillian Wald (1927); and Robert Woods (1923)
  5. 113:39 for material on the Chicago Community Trust (1930)
  6. 113:41 for material on the Commercial Club of Chicago (1908); the Immigrants' Protective League, Chicago (1908-1929); the International Conference of Settlements (1922- 1926); and the International People's College, Denmark [1917?]
  7. 113:42 for material on the Kingsley Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1929); the League of Nations (other related groups 1918-1929); the National Child Labor Committee (1904-1933); the National Conference of Charities and Corrections (1897- 1911); the National Conference of Social Work (1917-1932); the New School for Social Research, New York, New York (1920-1921); the Progressive Service Committee, Progressive Party (1912-1914); and the Universal Peace Congress (1909)
  8. 113:43-45 for material on the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1915-1935)
  9. 113:46-47 for writings (1879-02/13/1919)
  10. 113:49 for Hull-House Association records: Board of Trustees' meetings (March 1895-May 1935); proxy statement (1929); and leases (1889-1900)
  11. 113:50 for Hull-House Association records: Hull-House Steam Plant (1900-1906, 1916-1917); miscellaneous information about buildings; general events (1895-1934); Hull- House Cooperative Association (1893-1895, 1918); Hull-House kitchen, coffee house, dining hall, and restaurant (1891-1916); and Hull-House School of Citizenship (1924-1925)
  12. 113:51 for Hull-House Association records: music at Hull-House (1880-1930); and dance at Hull-House (1934)
  13. 113:52 for Hull-House Association records: the Elizabeth McCormick Open Air School (1900-1917); Juvenile Court (1906, 1929); and Juvenile Court Committee and Juvenile Protection Association (1901-1931)
  14. 113:53 for Hull-House Association records: the Montessori School (1917-1918); and United Garment Workers of America (1895-1910)
  15. 113:54 for Hull-House Association records: The Italians in Chicago (1895-1897)
  16. 113:Addendum 10 for Hull-House Association records: scrapbook (includes a letter in Italian, Chicago Teachers Federation Bulletin, and The School Weekly)

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